When it is recorded
Jan2
Feb6
Mar10
Apr206
May3,689
Jun4,046
Jul676
Aug43
Sep2
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oxfordshire | England | 235 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 223 | |
| 3 | Kent | England | 210 | |
| 4 | Cambridgeshire | England | 194 | |
| 5 | Cornwall | England | 186 | |
| 6 | Devon | England | 180 | |
| 7 | Sefton | England | 148 | |
| 8 | Worcestershire | England | 147 | |
| 9 | Cumbria | England | 139 | |
| 10 | Northamptonshire | England | 132 | |
| 11 | Essex | England | 115 | |
| 12 | Dorset | England | 112 | |
| 13 | Surrey | England | 110 | |
| 14 | Peterborough | England | 105 | |
| 15 | Somerset | England | 100 |
7,514 England537 Scotland643 Wales74 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 120 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 8,814
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 120
- Scientific name
- Merodon equestris
- Group
- True flies
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 7,418
- Most recorded in
- Oxfordshire, Norfolk, Kent, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Devon, Sefton, Worcestershire, Cumbria, Northamptonshire, Essex, Dorset +23
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Genus
- Merodon
- Name with authority
- Merodon equestris (Fabricius, 1794)
- Described
- 1794
- Contributing datasets
- 33
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1760952 · GBIF 1544340